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thanks man! it’s surprisingly powerful for how small it is

I may need to start looking into forced induction for the Ryobi 😆 I ended up picking this up over a normal leaf blower though for a few reasons. I wanted something compact that I can keep in the trunk and bring to these touchless washes, I already had a battery because I’ve got a Ryobi lawn mower, and I’ve actually been getting some good use out of it inside the car with blowing dirt/crumbs out of cracks and crevices that my shop vac won’t get haha

@@JayChesterman if you don't stop with these logical uses I may end up picking one up myself haha

@@A_Guy123 hahah as I mentioned though I do think it’s overkill (and a bit expensive) especially if you already have a leaf blower I didn’t have a leaf blower so it also doubles as my leaf blower, and it’s going to come in really handy in the winter as a portable snow remover with the car

hahaha can confirm, the s3 edged it out

it was sickening brother hahah

are you saying I shouldn’t do a front lip, or I should not cheap out in price?

@@JayChesterman NO BROTHER DON'T DO ANYTHING!! I have two Audis.. they look badass. your car looks beautiful the way it is!!!

@@mackjsm7105 thanks for the input man! what Audis do you have?

@@JayChesterman TY.. 23 S4 and 24 Q5 Sportback

@@mackjsm7105 aw man that’s sick! I’m dreaming of an rs3 in a year or two haha

Yeah I love the look, and them being local to me is also a huge plus!

@@Shortkingjrr iGroundAuto.ca but I had to have my sensor relocated because the hole in the grill was too high and it didn’t line up

@@JayChesterman ahh ok, thanks. ill look into it😊👍

Thanks for the input man! Do you daily drive the car throughout the winter? I think our winters are similar to yours where I’m at

I bought used, I’d never buy a brand new Audi because of how fast they depreciate in the first few years, but the car only had 21k km on it when I got it

@@JayChesterman thanks for your reply - how many miles do you think you’ll get out of her? I’ve got an a3 sportback but looking to upgrade to a saloon s or rs in the future.

I can’t say haha but I’ve put about 40,000 km so far, 30,000 km while stage 2 tuned (it’s not a lot but all I have to go off so far) and the car has been perfect, these cars have shown to be reliable as far as I know as long as you keep up with the maintenance

My fiance actually got it for me on Etsy haha www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1495689575/audi-car-air-freshener-black-ice-scent?click_key=d461d7486f5cfed41306068ae58cfd40a90940fe%3A1495689575&click_sum=00503022&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=audi+s3+air+freshener&ref=sr_gallery-1-5&organic_search_click=1&pro=1&frs=1&sca=1&local_signal_search=1&content_source=05251d2dbf59bda7a45db8e40c7453403a54ad5d%253A1495689575

do you do any highway driving at all? 99% of my driving is in town and short trips, so i'm basically getting close to the worse possibly mileage you can get out of the car haha

@@JayChesterman Mostly around town, but like once or twice a week I go to the uni, circa 40km one way. EDIT: On longer trips (like to the uni) I would get like 6.6-7,5L/100, driving rather gently. Still not highway tho, just from town to town, with 50/70km/h speeds. I live in a small town with 170k people. Today I was in a really big city (750k) and traffic there is just a clusterfuck, and I got 8.0 from 127km long trip. If I lived in such big city, driving around downtown would be hellish, with like 9L/100 easily lol

@@OfficialAnekito for sure haha my trips are usually 5-10 minutes max day to day as well which really kills economy I also have a heavy foot just because I like to hear the intake and turbo sounds 🤣

@@JayChesterman Given you've got yours on stage 2, it is, well, reasonable that you get 13/100 with heavy foot :D Wish you many mappy miles and smiles, brother :D

@@OfficialAnekito you too, thanks for watching!

i just pulled up a log i did last season on my current tune and based off of my calculations it looks to be around 29-30 PSI peak boost.

yeah mines 7k now, I’d reach out to IE - from my experience they’re support is pretty responsive during the week, but I have a feeling they’ll ask you reflash how are you liking stage 1?

@@JayChesterman I’ll do that. I saw on some older forums that they said it should change, but they’re all different so maybe it just didn’t change for my TCU. Appreciate it!

i just took a look over a log i have and my max RPM is 6939.75 i do notice during spirited driving the car will shift before then though even if i rev it out, but i think at full throttle it'll rev out to that 6939.75

@@JayChestermanI tested mine on the way to work today and it shifts around 6,500RPM even floored. I did get it to rev out through the 6,700RPM redline to about 6,900RPM, but only in manual mode.

that never occurred to me haha does he think it would effect 0-60 or quarter mile times? i love the look of the grill without a plate so much that i think i'm willing to sacrifice that bit of performance thanks for watching!

@@JayChesterman It will affect everything but the more you push it the more it will. Imagine putting your hand out of the window when you go 100mph thats what its doing. I know it looks great without but it does hurt the performance of the car. Im in the EU so we´re mandated to have the plate positioned in spots by the manufacturer. If you like it then sure but from an expert point of view its counterproductive for optimal performance.

@@JayChesterman His dad here, the position and size of your car plate creates circular vortices around and behind your plate. This disrupts airflow and thus creates drag that impeded aerodynamic performance. The drag coeficient of a car ,especially a sports audi isnt as detrimental as on a mclaren or ferrari but it will still create a bottleneck for your car. I understand the grille is beautiful but remember that more drag makes worse fuel efficiency, forces the engine to work harder to achieve speeds and creates air disturbance and thus makes aerodynamic elements of your car less efficient.

thank you for the information!

As a German, I think it looks very bad having the plate at the side. Can't understand how you think it looks better in any way

the maintenance hasn’t been bad, the biggest cost will be the DSG (transmission) maintenance, I purchased Audis maintenance package though and it’s covered my last 3 services including the big dsg one, and will include one more service at 75k outside of the dsg service it’s just your usual oil and fluids, and will cost the same as a golf gti / golf r more or less

@@JayChesterman I see, very good to know since the Audi's look very nice

@@jiroup7390 the a3/s3 are different than any of the models above it (4,5 etc) because it shares an engine with a lot of Volkswagen vehicles

valid point, I usually do break it down (stage 2 tuned with IE, meaning intake, downpipe, tune) but with shorts the videos need to be super condensed or else they don’t get watched

8v is the generation, this one is a 4 cylinder unfortunately 😆

I had my local indie Audi/vw shop install it, if you have the cruise control sensor in the front of the car you’ll most likely need to relocate the sensor because it doesn’t line up with the cutout on the grill

100% agree!

@@MikoMuru rs3 is the dream

@@adamo80nine Me too 🤣

I’m not sure unfortunately, here in Canada where I’m at we dont need to do emissions testing anymore

no issues at all besides a slow coolant leak that I caused by not tightening a clamp enough when I installed the intake, water pump hasn’t broke yet (fingers crossed haha)

if you live in a hot place you should do an intercooler, I’ve only ever noticed some power loss maybe once on a really hot day after doing some pulls but we have so many months of cool and cold weather here where I live

thanks man! i'll put together a video in the next few weeks breaking it all down

c63 w204 is a beast! a clean used s3 can be had and modded to run high 11 / low 12's in the quarter mile for half the price though haha

Two totally different class of cars,

@@_NB233 yep, I don’t imagine there’s much cross shopping between the two haha

i had intended on ripping that road too 😂

you should be good, i personally would try to find under 100k km but make sure you're able to get the maintenance history for the car, maintenance is really important on these cars (making sure oil, dsg services etc are all done on time) another thing to look out for would be to see if the water pump has been done or not, if it's not been replaced and it's a higher km car there's a better chance you'll run into the issue

@@JayChesterman yup I have a Jetta myself and I did the water pump, dsg service all that good stuff. Just want a fun car tbh I have a tdi right now which is great on gas but I’m young I’m trying to have some good fun with a faster car haha. I appreciate you replying my man I’ll let you know when I end up getting it

let me know! you will absolutely love the s3 if you're able to pick one up - i also support having a fun car while you're young if you're able to haha

damn, downpipes and a tune isn't enough for you with the rs3?? you're a speed demon brother lol that's the same spec i'd want (mythos black grey wheels, as you can probably tell from the video) when i bought my previous car (2019 ss 1le camaro), i had a tuned toyota 86 and was looking at going down the supercharger route, and after pricing it out it made more sense to just buy a faster car haha so i understand the logic

@@JayChesterman You always get used to the speed and want a little more. Sometimes you have to just tell yourself enough is enough. It’s always a better value to just buy the faster car, but sometimes the journey of really modifying a car is more fun

@@Kujashin 100%! The journey with the s3 so far has been a blast

i haven't hit the strip yet, i'm planning to do so this summer and will def make a video similar setups are running high 11s / low 12s for the 1/4 mile though, it'll be interesting to see where i'm at!

thank you! my goal has always been to keep it simple and i'm really happy with where it's at now, but i'm considering doing a front splitter - just not sure which one yet

​@@JayChesterman looking forward to seeing that aswel, thanks for the inspo on the build. About to pull the trigger on a 2019 white one. Have bad roads here in South Africa so the wheel strategy is looking like the way to go. Blessings your way ✌️

yeah I’d def recommend going with 18 inch wheels and a meaty tire, you’re going to love the car!

@@JayChesterman have a look at the maxton v3 splitter

I love the look of them, but I’ve heard of a lot of people who have had theirs break over the winter here (we get a decent amount of show) and I’m too lazy to pull it off every season haha I was looking at the flow designs one, it has a really secure mounting system

thank you Paul! I got the plate holder from eosplates.com - i had to fiddle with the positioning for a while but there's no sensor issues now, it was definitely finicky though and took some playing around to find the sweet spot haha

2020, it’s an 8v facelift

how has maintenance been in terms of cost of ownership?

very true, you're at the end of the line in terms of reliable power at stage 2 IMO, it can be done but you're for sure pushing the stock internals if you go any further (hybrid turbo etc) fingers crossed the car market gods are in my favour in the next two years for 8v s3 prices :D

solid choice! i'm a huge fan of both the gti and r, can't go wrong with either

absolutely, the rs3 platform is on another level

golf r is a beast, but i hear ya hahah

hahah agree to disagree, but i'm taking the rs3 if i can lol

@@ayomadcow1668 would you pick s5 over s4?

i'd agree, if i had the expendable money i'd have one right now haha but i really love my s3 especially at stage 2, cost of ownership is a lot lower due to it basically being a dressed up golf r as well!

this is very true

@@manuladou123 thank you man! you’ll love the s3 if you end up picking it up, feel free to reach out if you have any questions

@@JayChesterman cool! Im for sure gonna ask you some questions for the tune if i end up getting my hand on it🙂💯

@@manuladou123 Sounds good!

i know, there's really no comparison haha but is it worth the extra gold shillings???

@@JayChesterman I mean you have to drive both brother the rs is built for that power but the s will blow this and bend that it's part of the fun and whatever breaks you can make stronger but it's all a cost bro to mod it or buy it stock it's all pros and cons mate

​@@charlesclarke2988 haha you know nothing about the S3 obviously. That 4 cyl engine has been made for so many years and is really reliable even when tuned.